aerospace stream selection: streams a, b, c

Aerospace Stream Selection:

Streams A, B, C, D

24 March 2020

Canadian Aerospace

Important Facts and Figures

Department of Mechanical & AerospaceEngineering

• Key early milestones

• First powered flight in the Commonwealth – Baddeck, 23 Feb 1909, AES

Silver Dart

• Canada was third nation to have its own satellite built and launched – 1962,

Alouette

• Aerospace is a national industry with regional clusters

• 2/3rd of economic activity in Quebec (45%) and Ontario (25%)

• Montreal region has third largest concentration of aircraft manufacturing

activity in World [1st: Seattle (Boeing). 2nd: Toulouse (Airbus)]

Canadian Aerospace

Important Facts and Figures

• Canada is a Global leader in:

• Civil helicopters

• Small gas turbines

• Simulators

• Regional aircraft, business jets

• Avionics

• Landing gear systems,

• Small and microsatellites

• Maintenance

• Economic impact (Ref AIAC Aerospace Economic Impact, 2018)

• ~90k employees, $32B in revenue (~80% from exports)

• Employment normalized to population – 2nd versus all other nations (France is 1st)

• Revenue normalized to GDP - 2nd versus all other nations (U.S. is 1st)

4 x Canadian OEM’s

Suppliers


Aerospace at Carleton


• First BEng program in Canada (1988) and largest by enrolment

(457 in 2020 vs. 30 in 1992)

• Four streams

A - Aerodynamics, Propulsion and Vehicle Performance

B - Aerospace Structures, Systems and Vehicle Design

C - Aerospace Electronics and Systems

D - Space Systems Design

• Originally only Stream A and B

• Stream C added in the early 1990’s

• Stream D added in 2007-08

Engineering Education

1st year

2nd year

3rd year

4th year

common core: math, science, basic engineering,

complementary studies

math, engineering science (solids, fluids,

thermo, materials)

engineering specialization

4th year project

engineering

electives

also:

• co-op

• economics

• professional practice

• communication skills

• minor (math, business, etc.)

Department of Mechanical & AerospaceEngineering 5

Aerospace StreamsOverview of Bachelor Programs

Year1 Year2 Year3

Core

Engineering

Core

DisciplineDesign and Specialization

B

C

Year4

Aerodynamics A

Structures

Spacecraft D

Avionics

Stream C is offered in cooperation with Electronic Engineering



Core Aerospace Courses

Most or all AERO students take

• AERO 2001 Engineering Graphical Design

• MAAE 2101 Engineering Dynamics

• MAAE 2202 Mechanics of Solids I

• MAAE 2300 Fluid Mechanics I

• MAAE 2400 Thermodynamics and Heat

Transfer

• MAAE 2700 Engineering Materials

• MATH 1005 Differential Equations

• MATH 2004 Multivariable Calculus

• ECOR 2050 Design and Analysis of

Engineering Experiments

• AERO 3002 Aero Design and Practice

• AERO 3700 Aerospace Materials

• AERO 4003 Systems Design

• MAAE 3004 Dynamics of Machinery

• MAAE 3300 Fluid Mechanics II

• MAAE 3500 Feedback Control Systems

• MATH 3705 Mathematical Methods I

• ECOR 3800 Engineering Economics

• MAAE 4907 (Capstone Design Project)

• many stream-specific courses that can

be taken as electives (space permitting)

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Jobs in Aerospace Engineering

8

Satellite & Space

Robotic Design

Overview of Bachelor Programs

Aircraft Design Rotorcraft Design

Simulators

Gas Turbine EnginesMaintenance, Repair,

& Overhaul

Aerospace Systems

How to read the Engineering “Tree”

Beware of

Pre-

requisites!

Final Year

Project

Engineering

Electives

Basic Science

Elective

Two Complementary

Studies Electives



Stream AAerodynamics, Propulsion & Vehicle Performance

• Sample stream-specific courses

• Aerodynamics and Heat Transfer

• Aerospace Vehicle Performance

• Aircraft Stability and Control

• Typical electives

• Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

• Rotorcraft Aerodynamics and

Performance

• Aerolasticity

• Aeroacustics

• Example Careers

• Aerodynamicist

• Computational fluid dynamics engineer

• Aircraft conceptual design

• Aeroealstic analysis engineer

• Aeroacustics engineer

• Flight test engineer

• Stability and handling prediction

• Performance prediction engineer

• Jet engine aerodynamic designer

• Launch vehicle aerodynamicist

• Other:

• wind energy

• ground vehicle aerodynamics

• building aerodynamics, etc.

https://carleton.ca/engineering-design/current-students/undergrad-academic-support/prerequisites/


https://carleton.ca/engineering-design/current-students/undergrad-academic-support/prerequisites/

Key Industry and Research

Opportunities


Stream BAerospace Structures, Systems and Vehicle Design



• Aerospace Materials

• Lightweight Structures

• Composite Materials

• Aeroelasticity

• Strength and Fracture

• Typical electives

• Finite Element Methods

• Rotorcraft Aerodynamics and

Performance

• Rocket Design

• Example careers

• Airframe structural engineer

• Computational structural

dynamicist

• Conceptual design

• Aeroelastics engineer

• Aircraft mechanical systems

• Landing gear

• Engine structural design

• Manufacturing engineer

• Spacecraft structural design

• Other:

• Wind turbine structural design

• transportation structures


Opportunities


Stream CAerospace Electronics and Systems



• Communication Theory

• Electromagnetic waves

• Digital Electronics

• Power Engineering

Typical Electives:

- Any from Electronics or MAE

• Example careers

• Avionics engineer

• Systems engineering

• Fly-by-wire flight controls

• Unmanned aerial systems

• Airborne remote sensing

• Engine controls

• Spacecraft communications

• Terrestrial telecommunications

• Power generation


Opportunities


Stream DSpace Systems Design


Sample stream-specific courses

• Orbital Mechanics

• Spacecraft Design I and II

• Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics and

Control

• Transatmospheric and Spacecraft

Propulsion

Typical Electives:

- Any from MAE

Example careers

• Satellite Operations – Telesat, Kepler,

CSA/SED, Planet

• Systems Engineering – UTIAS/SFL

(employees, not students), Telesat, Kepler,

MDA, Comdev/Honeywell

• Satellite Design, build and test – MDA,

Magellan

• Launch Vehicle Engineering and

Management – SpaceX, Rocketlab

• Government research – CSA/DFL, NRC


Opportunities


What is Our Makeup?Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

• Single, integrated department (not two separate parts)

• Approximately 1300 undergraduate students

• 2019 first year admissions (total 365)

Mechanical

Biomedical and Mechanical

Aerospace

SREE

• Entering minimum averages: 83% Aerospace, 76% Mechanical

• 41 full-time Professors + 22 Adjunct Professors + 5 Emeritus

Professors


Engineering Co-op Program

Year Fall Winter Summer

1 Study 1 Study 2Optional

Work

2 Study 3 Study 4Optional

Work

3 Study 5 Study 6 Work

4 Work Work Work

5 Study 7 Study 8


Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

• Co-op option available for all

programs

• 30% of students in co-op

• 4, 8, 12, and 16 month

placement options

• Placement options after 2nd

year

• 12 or 16 month placement

after 3rd year mostpopular

Currently 12 Capstone Design Projects


• Fixed-Wing Unmanned Air Vehicle• Satellite Design Project• UAV - Blended-Wing • FSAE Formula Car• Carleton University Simulator Project• Gas Turbine• Building Integrated Thermal Energy Systems• Crash Test Dummy• Intelligent Telepresence and Assistive Devices• Biomass Reactor • Sustainable Energy Systems Portfolio• Integrated Autonomous Car

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